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Consolidated Theft Harm

13 October, 2015 - 14:33

Consolidated theft is a crime that always includes bad results or harm, which is the victim’s temporary or permanent loss of property or services, no matter how slight the value. In the case of theft by false pretenses and larceny by trick, in some jurisdictions, the status of the property after it h as been stolen determines which crime was committed. If the defendant becomes the owner of the stolen property, the crime is a false pretenses theft.  1 If the defendant is merely in possession of the stolen property, the crime is larceny by trick. 2 When the stolen property is money, the crime is false pretenses theft because the possessor of money is generally the owner. 3